Sergei Zheleznyak: “The initiative of a group of US Senators to impose new sanctions against Russian officials because of the Navalny incident was not long in coming. The new act of the senators is another manifestation of Russophobia aimed at maintaining anti-Russian hysteria in the world, ”said Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the State Duma’s international affairs committee.
According to the deputy: “In the Russophobic draft law, Russia and the officials of our state have already been named guilty of what happened to Navalny before the investigation begins. I would like to hear which of the Russian officials the US senators intend to appoint as such. The initiators of the new sanctions are not embarrassed by the fact that there is no evidence of the fact of poisoning. Russia’s insistent proposals to provide materials have not yet received a proper response.
Despite the fact that Russia, in accordance with the regulations of the same OPCW, has long eliminated stocks of chemical warfare agents, anti-Russian forces are trying to accuse our country of using prohibited chemical weapons and of an imperfect crime. The purpose of the unfounded accusations of our country lies on the surface – to stir up a new wave of anti-Russian negativity in the media, to intimidate the world community with “aggressive” Russia in order to hinder the development of dialogue and cooperation with other peoples. The United States cannot come to terms with the growing influence of Russia in the world, Washington is irritated by the effective foreign policy of our country, internal resistance to attempts at illegal pressure, as well as the willingness of other countries to cooperate with us, despite an endless series of sanctions.”